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smitty777 writes "According to the Pentagon, the 30,000-pound, precision-guided Massive Ordnance Penetrator GBU-57 bomb is just too small. Concerns around Iran's fortification of their nuclear program facilities has the DoD seeking from Congress something not quite as subdued as the GBU-57, the largest non-nuke bomb operated by the USAF....

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You might remember that BlackBerry Curve 9320 as one of RIM's worst kept secrets of all time, and now it appears we could be heading in the same shaky direction with the Canadian company's unannounced Bold 9730. According to N4BB, the Waterloo-based outfit briefly listed the device on its...

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At 11 full-resolution frames per second, the Nikon D4 is a pretty fast camera by most people's standards. It's not quite a match for the Phantom HD Gold, however, which was recently used in a gorgeous amateur promo video to capture slow motion footage of the D4's shutter at...

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LAS VEGAS--G-Form very much wants to alert you of the damage that can be done to your gear if you store it in bags or cases that don't provide the proper amount of protection. And it's willing to use a bowling ball to smash some M&Ms to make its...

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Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime says Wii U sales crested 400K units in its first week, according to internal sales data. That's just part of a 1.2 million hardware sales week that Nintendo's enjoyed across the past seven days -- which include the crucial Black Friday -- where...

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If you've been in the market for Android phones, you'll often find that most recent choices aren't particularly pocket-size friendly. I was in this situation myself, dreading how the Samsung Galaxy S II wouldn't fit into my pants pocket without slowly slipping out and smashing against the New York...

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The "iRadio" rumor is back, and there are new details on how Apple hopes to generate more revenue for music studios than competing services. According to sources who spoke to CNET, Apple's rumored streaming service would offer users a quick way to buy songs through iTunes, "potentially boosting download...

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A section of the new V-2 rocket arrives at the Flying Heritage Collection Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s latest extravagance — a German-built World War II-era V2 rocket — has arrived at his Flying Heritage Collection at Paine Field in Everett. The rocket, one of only 16 remaining in the world, stands 46-feet...

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Potential and PossibilitiesWe’ve all had breakthrough moments in our lives. Moments when a switch flicked, a light went on and a door to a new world of potential and possibilities opened up for us. For most of us, the door was always there to be opened but, for a range...

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Maybe they’re going to be slingshotting some birds from the observation deck? Tomorrow is the official launch of the highly anticipated “Angry Birds Space,” the next installment in the blockbuster action-puzzle game from Rovio. And it looks like Seattle’s Space Needle is going to be playing a central role....

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The Y Combinator-funded Posterous had its time in the sun and now it's being absorbed by the biggest player in the microblogging market. The simple sharing service struck a chord with many of Silicon Valley's elite, but it never managed to make a major dent in a field already...

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You can go check out the new campus when it is finished... in 2021. More details are emerging from this amazingly-named local condo blog--take a bow, Austin Towers!-- about Apple's soon-to-be-built campus in Austin, Texas, with an estimated cost of around $304 million. Of the plot, around one million...

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NASA — and astronauts — now have one more thing to worry about before sending humans to Mars. A study published yesterday suggests that extended exposure to a particular kind of radiation found in space can accelerate the development of Alzheimer's Disease. The study focused on Galactic Cosmic Radiation...

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3D systems trumpeted its forthcoming Cube printer back at CES, and it looks like its easy-on-the-eye curves are nearly ready for your earnest crafting. The good part is a lack of them. If you've assembled a more typical printer in the last ten years, you should be able to...

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During the conference call discussing the HP purchase of Palm, HP VP of Strategy and Corporate Development Brian Humphries dropped what we can only read as a hint at something we think webOS would be awesome at: tablets. Above is Slide #5 from the conference call, on which you can...

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Enrico Dini is the man behind Monolite UK, a company that hopes to start producing and selling 3D printers under the name D-Shape. However, Dini's printers aren't for printing Minecraft creations, Verge logos, or even prosthetic jaws — they're for printing buildings. As it stands, if you want to...

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As is often the case, once you make your first unannounced, unexpected appearance, more are likely soon to follow -- and that's what's happening with Sony's forthcoming slab, the codenamed ST26i. Unlike last time we saw it in most of its glory, though, now it's only showing up in...

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Facebook might delay its IPO until June, CNBC's Kate Kelly just reported. The reason, she says: Mark Zuckerberg hasn't participated enough in the process. CNBC: "Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been more focused on running the business and making acquisitions than on preparing for the share sale, according...

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One of the more exciting stories to come out of 2011 was the announcement of the pairing of Lego and The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. Since then, we’ve seen blurry photographs of packaging, illustrations of minifigs on posters but nothing in concrete … until now. Tonight,...

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Caterpillar is best known for making heavy equipment, but the machinery brand thinks it can add something to the phone business. Cat has partnered with Bullitt Mobile, a British electronics firm that builds products using well-known brands to develop a rugged, waterproof Android phone. The easiest way to make phones...

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Is Apple making a wristwatch? What new products are in the pipeline? Apple chief executive Tim Cook, in answering those and other questions, executed a characteristically careful dance. But he dropped small hints about what the company may have on tap for the future, while declining to confirm anything concrete....

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Today, T-Mobile announced a small update to the Samsung Galaxy S II. The software update includes various bug fixes for Android 4.0.3 and an "ISIS/NFC update." The carrier's language is vague, but the update does not install the ISIS app. It's most likely that the update prepares the phone...

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Big changes could be coming soon to Nielsen’s TV rating system to include video viewing statistics from devices like the Xbox, PlayStation and iPad. According to sources who spoke to The Hollywood Reporter, a committee of TV network and advertising reps have plans to change the rating system to...

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The ever sketchy DigiTimes doesn’t have the best reputation when it comes to predicting Apple product launches, but today the publication is reporting Apple OEM Pegatron has begun receiving orders for a new iPhone and a next-gen 10-inch iPad. It also reported Apple plans to release a 7-inch iPad in...

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In each issue of Distro, editor-in-chief Tim Stevens publishes a wrap-up of the week in news. Another week gone by and another week closer to the unveiling of the next Android superphone: the Samsung Galaxy S IV. We're days away from the event where it will debut to the...